diff --git a/server/main.c b/server/main.c
index f160bb6..c6b0c24 100644
--- a/server/main.c
+++ b/server/main.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN); /* avoid EPIPE when connections drop unexpectedly */
   info("Using libevent version %s\n", event_get_version());
   init_sexp();
-  init_node();
+  init_node(cmsg_cstring_bytes("server"));
   init_factory();
   init_queue();
   init_direct();
diff --git a/server/node.c b/server/node.c
index d6ece44..fc7bace 100644
--- a/server/node.c
+++ b/server/node.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "node.h"
 #include "meta.h"
 
+static cmsg_bytes_t _container_name;
 static hashtable_t node_class_table;
 static hashtable_t directory;
 
@@ -29,7 +30,16 @@ static void node_decref(void *arg) {
   DECREF((node_t *) arg, node_destructor);
 }
 
-void init_node(void) {
+void init_node(cmsg_bytes_t container_name) {
+  if (container_name.len == 0) {
+    unsigned char buf[CMSG_UUID_BUF_SIZE];
+    gen_uuid(buf);
+    _container_name = cmsg_bytes_malloc_dup(CMSG_BYTES(CMSG_UUID_BUF_SIZE, buf));
+  } else {
+    _container_name = cmsg_bytes_malloc_dup(container_name);
+  }
+  info("Local container name is <<%.*s>>\n", _container_name.len, _container_name.bytes);
+
   init_hashtable(&node_class_table,
 		 31,
 		 NULL,
@@ -40,6 +50,10 @@ void init_node(void) {
 		 node_decref);
 }
 
+cmsg_bytes_t local_container_name(void) {
+  return _container_name;
+}
+
 void register_node_class(node_class_t *nc) {
   cmsg_bytes_t key = cmsg_cstring_bytes(nc->name);
   if (hashtable_contains(&node_class_table, key)) {
diff --git a/server/node.h b/server/node.h
index d33e99e..172e11b 100644
--- a/server/node.h
+++ b/server/node.h
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ typedef struct node_class_t_ {
   node_message_handler_fn_t handle_message;
 } node_class_t;
 
-extern void init_node(void);
+extern void init_node(cmsg_bytes_t container_name);
+
+extern cmsg_bytes_t local_container_name(void);
 
 extern void basic_node_destroy(node_t *n);
 
diff --git a/server/relay.c b/server/relay.c
index 11f0dae..964dfe0 100644
--- a/server/relay.c
+++ b/server/relay.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ typedef unsigned char u_char;
 typedef struct relay_extension_t_ {
   struct sockaddr_in peername;
   char peername_str[256];
+  sexp_t *remote_container_name;
   int fd;
   IOHandle *outh;
 } relay_extension_t;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ static void relay_destructor(node_t *n) {
     warn("Closing file descriptor %d produced errno %d: %s\n",
 	 r->fd, errno, strerror(errno));
   }
+  DECREF(r->remote_container_name, sexp_destructor);
   free(r);
 }
 
@@ -106,6 +108,19 @@ static void relay_main(node_t *n) {
   iohandle_write(r->outh, cmsg_cstring_bytes("(3:hop1:0)"));
   ICHECK(iohandle_flush(r->outh), "iohandle_flush greeting");
 
+  {
+    sexp_t *s = NULL;
+    s = sexp_cons(sexp_empty_bytes, s);
+    s = sexp_cons(sexp_empty_bytes, s);
+    s = sexp_cons(sexp_empty_bytes, s);
+    s = sexp_cons(sexp_empty_bytes, s);
+    s = sexp_cons(sexp_bytes(local_container_name()), s);
+    s = sexp_cons(sexp_cstring("subscribe"), s);
+    INCREF(s);
+    sexp_write(r->outh, s);
+    DECREF(s, sexp_destructor);
+  }
+
   //iohandle_settimeout(r->inh, 3, 0);
 
   while (1) {
@@ -152,6 +167,9 @@ static void relay_main(node_t *n) {
 	  INCREF(subok);
 	  post_node(sexp_data(reply_sink), sexp_data(reply_name), subok, sexp_empty_bytes);
 	  DECREF(subok, sexp_destructor);
+
+	  DECREF(r->remote_container_name, sexp_destructor);
+	  r->remote_container_name = INCREF(filter_sexp);
 	} else {
 	  warn("Bind failed <<%.*s>>\n", filter.len, filter.bytes);
 	}
@@ -201,6 +219,7 @@ void start_relay(struct sockaddr_in const *peername, int fd) {
   relay_extension_t *r = n->extension;
   r->peername = *peername;
   endpoint_name(&r->peername, CMSG_BYTES(sizeof(r->peername_str), r->peername_str));
+  r->remote_container_name = NULL;
   r->fd = fd;
   r->outh = new_iohandle(r->fd);
   spawn((process_main_t) relay_main, n);